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the guest chaplain: let us pray bless us now, o god. touch our hearts, for without your love, light, and life, we are nothing. give our lawmakers strength and courage as they make decisions today that impact the lives of all americans. lord, remove the divisive spirit that prohibits true transformation and allow your presence to become not just common but harmonious. through our dedication, commitment, and sacrifice we thank you for cleansing us from the ills of this world and making us fit to serve and honor you. we ask these blessings in your name. amen. the presiding officer: thank you, pastor. please join me in pledging allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, october 6, 2011. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i here
the guest chaplain: let us pray bless us now, o god. touch our hearts, for without your love, light, and life, we are nothing. give our lawmakers strength and courage as they make decisions today that impact the lives of all americans. lord, remove the divisive spirit that prohibits true transformation and allow your presence to become not just common but harmonious. through our dedication, commitment, and sacrifice we thank you for cleansing us from the ills of this world and making us fit to...
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used plastic. thld that world changed october 1st last saturday. into ehe new e law went into effecteh when the federal reservem that c established the selig, the maximum that can be charged fors a debit card swipe fee that's issued by the largest banks in america and the maximum now comes down to about 24 cents.we is this a big deal? becse it certainly is because each nos in the economy swipe fees account for about ten orr $12 billion. ten or $12 billion of additionas charges to consumers and profitability by businesses. so you can imagine ten or y12 billion even after it's beeb discounted by the federal reserve to about half that amount, $46 billion of the banks in anan uproar.uess it' mr. chairman, mr. president, i , guess it is a great honor now the "the wall street journal" fy published a story on friday and the hit one of their people thed thatng this new bank fee beingbt charged by bank of america on debit cards is the durbin feet. the same thing was set by "the chicago tribune" on saturday.
used plastic. thld that world changed october 1st last saturday. into ehe new e law went into effecteh when the federal reservem that c established the selig, the maximum that can be charged fors a debit card swipe fee that's issued by the largest banks in america and the maximum now comes down to about 24 cents.we is this a big deal? becse it certainly is because each nos in the economy swipe fees account for about ten orr $12 billion. ten or $12 billion of additionas charges to consumers and...
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Oct 27, 2011
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the efficient use of instructional funds for use the scarce resources for other uses such as expanding the school day and providing rubber and services for students or even reducing the deficit. as a sector education is behind the current and adopting technology to improve the performance and efficiency and cost effectiveness schools need to be helped in their effort to catch up with his arrest society with students this amendment will help schools to do that in three ways. first it would reauthorize the current formula grant program which provides significant flexibility for state and local school districts to design technology programs and appropriate support that meet state and local needs. second, if appropriations fall below 300 million in any given year coming and i know that in this bill we are not even specifying the authorization levels obviously we can't specify appropriation levels on this bill, but if actual appropriations fall below 300 million in a given year, the program would distribute funds competitively in order to encourage states or consortium states to address pol
the efficient use of instructional funds for use the scarce resources for other uses such as expanding the school day and providing rubber and services for students or even reducing the deficit. as a sector education is behind the current and adopting technology to improve the performance and efficiency and cost effectiveness schools need to be helped in their effort to catch up with his arrest society with students this amendment will help schools to do that in three ways. first it would...
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so this aversion to using guantanamo bay is going to bite us as a nation. so this legislation allows us to move forward. if you capture someone, you can gather good intelligence. there is a presumption that they are going to be held as an enemy combatant, but there is a waiver provision there. what i don't want to do is start reading rights to everybody we capture in the united states as part of a terrorist organization's plot. we're not fighting a crime. we're fighting a war, and under the rules of war, you can hold an enemy combatant and interrogate them as long as necessary to find out what the enemy is up to. that's what this legislation does to my colleagues. you have written a very balanced approach. and this idea of never using guantanamo bay again is dangerous. the idea that the c.i.a. cannot interrogate enemy parissers in as a policy is dangerous. by give order, the president of the united states, president obama, within a week of taking office took off the table enhanced interrogation techniques under the detainee treatment act that were classifie
so this aversion to using guantanamo bay is going to bite us as a nation. so this legislation allows us to move forward. if you capture someone, you can gather good intelligence. there is a presumption that they are going to be held as an enemy combatant, but there is a waiver provision there. what i don't want to do is start reading rights to everybody we capture in the united states as part of a terrorist organization's plot. we're not fighting a crime. we're fighting a war, and under the...
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it's not well used. we say do it and so they have all these programs and teachers know it's a waste of time and everybody knows it's a waste of time, we're not spending that money wisely. so why are we to think if we just say create a teacher evaluation system that all across the country in 15,000 school districts people will just say okay, we have to do it to get the money and they'll do it? i think it would be the kiss of death for the whole movement. it's tempting, tempting to do it. then yesterday on my way up here in my hometown of mayoryville, tennessee, i picked up the newspaper and it reminded me of why i so strongly believe it is a good idea to create an environment in which school districts and states can create teacher-principal evaluation systems and it's a bad idea to order it, define it and regulate it from washington. here's the headline. i mentioned this yesterday on my remarks on the floor. evaluation of teachers contentious. here's the state of tennessee tennessee -- could i ask for thr
it's not well used. we say do it and so they have all these programs and teachers know it's a waste of time and everybody knows it's a waste of time, we're not spending that money wisely. so why are we to think if we just say create a teacher evaluation system that all across the country in 15,000 school districts people will just say okay, we have to do it to get the money and they'll do it? i think it would be the kiss of death for the whole movement. it's tempting, tempting to do it. then...
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military use of them. and they are vital. you know, america's power in the world and our economic power does largely come from silicon valley and if you think of the key companies that represent america's strength, you think of intel corporation which is the world's leading semiconductor microchip company. you think of cisco, which provides the routers and switches that enable the internet. you think of apple as the great consumer electronics leader. and most of the and google for optical capabilities and in my book i go through all these and the israel test and show that all of them are crucially dependent on israeli innovations, innovations by israelis in the united states or innovations supplied by the design centers which these companies have established in israel. intel is the most dramatic one. whenever i hear people complain that israel somehow hasn't created or sustained any large company, i think intel -- intel is the leading semiconductor company in the world and int intel -- and intel -- intel f
military use of them. and they are vital. you know, america's power in the world and our economic power does largely come from silicon valley and if you think of the key companies that represent america's strength, you think of intel corporation which is the world's leading semiconductor microchip company. you think of cisco, which provides the routers and switches that enable the internet. you think of apple as the great consumer electronics leader. and most of the and google for optical...
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easy to use. it helps you navigate the political landscape with twitter feeds and facebook updates from the campaigns. candidate bios and the latest polling data plus, links to c-span media partners in the early primary and caucus states all at c-span.org/campaign 2012. >> with congress back if session this week the house will consider a spending bill that will keep the federal government open for another six weeks through mid-november and the senate is proposing a bill dealing with china's currency. watch our live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the house on c-span and the senate on c-span2. and use our comprehensive resource on congress to get more information about your elected officials with c-span's congressional chronicle including video of every house and senate session, voting records, the daily schedules, committee hearings and more. it's washington your way. the c-span networks, created by cable, provided as a public service. >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evan hughes wa
easy to use. it helps you navigate the political landscape with twitter feeds and facebook updates from the campaigns. candidate bios and the latest polling data plus, links to c-span media partners in the early primary and caucus states all at c-span.org/campaign 2012. >> with congress back if session this week the house will consider a spending bill that will keep the federal government open for another six weeks through mid-november and the senate is proposing a bill dealing with...
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used. and we let amendments be offered. we opened up. no one on the committee ever raised an objection to our meeting during the senate session. and we got our jobs done. that's the way we've always done. that's the legislative, as i said, considerate, logical legislative process i say to my friend from minnesota. that's the way we've always conducted it. what it does, it allows members, senators who are interested, as the senator from minnesota has been so keenly interested in this indication bill, to give them -- in this education bill, to give them time, to go to phaoerbgs to go to the -- to go to me, to go to the ranking member. i say to my friend from minnesota, i'm sure we didn't put in everything he wanted in the bill, but i think the senator has the right to offer the amendments in committee. mr. franken: i really want to thank the ranking member for his -- we talk on the phone about this. we've talked over dinner about this bill. i want to thank senator alexander. i asked to come t
used. and we let amendments be offered. we opened up. no one on the committee ever raised an objection to our meeting during the senate session. and we got our jobs done. that's the way we've always done. that's the legislative, as i said, considerate, logical legislative process i say to my friend from minnesota. that's the way we've always conducted it. what it does, it allows members, senators who are interested, as the senator from minnesota has been so keenly interested in this indication...
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us play it fairks let us play it straight. that's what this currency bill will ultimately do. with that, madam president, i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. a senator: madam president? mr. brown: i withdraw my request. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: i wonder if my colleague from ohio would consider a bit of a discussion for a few minutes. i thut it very interesting in listening to some of the debate here that there seemed to be some policy-makers in the united states senate who haven't come to understand that when another nation pegs its currency, rather than letting it float, it does so deliberately to put in effect what is essentially a tariff against imports. in our case, it's a tariff against imports. and a subsidy is a tariff against exports. here we are in america. why would we say it's okay for china to peg its currency that puts a tariff against imports and a subsidy against exports. why would some members of the chamber consider that to be just fine? i'm puzzled by tha
us play it fairks let us play it straight. that's what this currency bill will ultimately do. with that, madam president, i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. a senator: madam president? mr. brown: i withdraw my request. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: i wonder if my colleague from ohio would consider a bit of a discussion for a few minutes. i thut it very interesting in listening to some of the debate here that there seemed to be some...